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Tag archives: statistical mechanics

Zombie outbreaks in San Antonio

Posted on Mar 6, 2015 10:47 am
Photograph of a person dressed as a zombie

Where are you going to run to? (Courtesy: iStockphoto/Renphoto)

By Michael Banks in San Antonio, Texas

If you ever find yourself in the unfortunate position of trying to survive a zombie apocalypse in the US, what should you do?

Well, according to Alex Alemi of Cornell University and colleagues, you should head to the Rocky Mountains or the Nevada desert.

Using 2010 US census data for population levels around the country, Alemi and colleagues used statistical mechanics to model how a zombie outbreak would spread.

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